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Linköping Diocesan Library, Kl f 17 (Olim B 2)
Libanius, Letters
Crete, latter half of the 15th or early 16th c.
paper
i, 99, i' ff.
285 × 205 mm
2 units
Greek
Unit 1
The epistles in this part of the MS are numbered αʹ–λζʹ in the margin by the main scribe. The reference numbers, below, are from Richard Foerster’s edition.
p. 1357; p. 11304; pp. 1–21154; p. 2738; pp. 2–3857; p. 3132; pp. 3–4355; p. 4237; p. 4253; pp. 4–5688; p. 51060; pp. 5–6248; p. 61039; pp. 6–71134; pp. 7–81411; p. 81397; pp. 8–9909; p. 9818; pp. 9–10150; p. 10121; pp. 10–11359; pp. 11–12796; p. 12511; pp. 12–13301; p. 131288; p. 13323; pp. 13–15578; p. 15964; p. 1520 (Ep. Bas. et Lib.); pp. 15–16327; pp. 16–17333; p. 17746; pp. 17–18331; p. 18372; p. 18809; pp. 18–20369; p. 20282Unit 2
Another 261 letters by Libanius; in this part of the MS they are not numbered. Reference numbers, below, pertain to Richard Foerster’s edition.
pp. 21–22441; p. 22409; pp. 22–24435; p. 24411; pp. 24–25666; pp. 25–26351; p. 26355; pp. 26–27808; pp. 27–281398; p. 28440; pp. 28–29442; p. 29410; pp. 30–31399; p. 31432; p. 31320; pp. 31–32329; p. 32337; pp. 32–33356; p. 33344; p. 33323; p. 33388; p. 34393; pp. 34–3525; p. 35123; pp. 35–3633; p. 3630; pp. 36–37361; p. 37382; pp. 37–38413; p. 38387; p. 38372; pp. 38–39420; p. 39422; p. 39425; p. 40455; p. 40341; p. 40460; pp. 40–41468; pp. 41–42386; pp. 42–43319; p. 43428; pp. 43–44327; p. 441238; pp. 44–45575; pp. 45–4680; pp. 46–47226; pp. 47–4881; p. 481236; pp. 48–491395; p. 4964; pp. 49–50483; p. 50491; pp. 50–51499; pp. 51–52497; p. 52535; pp. 52–53512; pp. 53–54515; p. 541155; pp. 54–551218; p. 551304; pp. 56–571220; pp. 57–58754; p. 58424; pp. 58–59436; p. 59453; p. 59465; pp. 59–60324; p. 60347; p. 60408; pp. 60–61429; pp. 61–63390; pp. 63–6619; pp. 66–67352; pp. 67–68358; p. 68365; pp. 68–69366; pp. 69–7049; pp. 70–72636; p. 72384; p. 72389; pp. 72–73367; pp. 73–75348 Expl. mut: γῆρας· ἐκεῖνον μὲν οὖν. The note follows: quae heic desunt supplevi possunt ex Codice Rolamb. Ep. 74. Some blank lines (the model must have been faulty here).; p. 75311; pp. 75–76423; p. 76314; pp. 76–77362; pp. 78–79379; p. 79332; pp. 79–80315; pp. 80–81312; pp. 81–82316; pp. 82–83336; p. 83380; p. 83317; pp. 83–84685; pp. 84–85363; p. 8558; pp. 85–8621; pp. 86–87242; pp. 87–88269; pp. 88–89696; pp. 89–90734; pp. 90–92620; pp. 92–93819; pp. 93–9435; pp. 94–95238; pp. 95–98391; p. 9868; pp. 98–99122; p. 99143; pp. 99–10072; pp. 100–10189; pp. 101–10293; p. 102103; pp. 102–103756; pp. 103–104773; pp. 104–106741; pp. 106–107797; p. 107349; p. 107830; pp. 107–108965; pp. 108–109736; p. 10991; pp. 109–110318; p. 110606; pp. 110–1111160; pp. 111–112300; pp. 112–113673; p. 11346; pp. 113–114354; p. 114573; pp. 114–115842; p. 115768; p. 116288; pp. 116–11786; p. 117175; pp. 117–118670; p. 1181305; pp. 118–119632; pp. 119–120195; p. 120795; pp. 120–121847; p. 121732; pp. 121–122764; pp. 122–12352; p. 1231205; p. 123837; p. 123836; p. 124650; pp. 124–125651; p. 125725; pp. 125–126762; pp. 126–1271350; pp. 127–12866; pp. 128–12995; pp. 129–1301133; p. 130780; pp. 130–131737; p. 131776; pp. 131–132743; p. 1321201; p. 13274; p. 1331150; pp. 133–1341163; p. 134646; pp. 134–135839; p. 1351293; pp. 135–136518; p. 1361352; pp. 136–137738; p. 137542; pp. 137–138281; pp. 138–139664; p. 139660; pp. 139–1401200; p. 140871; pp. 140–141669; pp. 141–14262; pp. 142–143359; p. 143832; pp. 143–144789; p. 144920; p. 1441136; p. 1441138; p. 1441142; pp. 144–1451149; p. 1451152; p. 145740; p. 145690; p. 145684; pp. 145–146618; p. 1461404; p. 146525; pp. 146–1471131; p. 1471134; p. 1471137; pp. 147–1481145; p. 14820; pp. 148–14940; pp. 150–15144; p. 15147; pp. 151–15248; pp. 152–15350; p. 15351; pp. 153–15561; pp. 155–15673; p. 156101; p. 157107; pp. 157–158112; pp. 158–159815; p. 159345; p. 159431; pp. 159–160325; p. 160841; pp. 160–161404; p. 16132; p. 161807; pp. 161–162792; p. 162748; pp. 162–163326; pp. 163–164334; pp. 164–165364; p. 165368; pp. 165–167371; p. 167377; pp. 167–168378; p. 168381; pp. 168–169385; pp. 169–170400; p. 170503; pp. 170–171509; pp. 171–172510; pp. 172–173516; pp. 173–174552; pp. 174–175560; pp. 175–176561; pp. 176–177562; pp. 177–178563; pp. 178–179694; pp. 179–180695; p. 1808; p. 18060; pp. 180–182114; p. 182115; pp. 182–184119; p. 184127; pp. 184–185128; p. 185130; pp. 185–186150; p. 186164; pp. 186–187173; pp. 187–188182; p. 188184; pp. 188–190192; p. 190220; pp. 190–191256; pp. 191–192376; p. 192375; pp. 193–194374; pp. 194–195330; pp. 195–197405 p. 198 is blank.Foliation
Pagination in ink in the upper outer corner, just above the first line of text: 1–198
Collation
Unit I:
Q1Vp.20Signatures:
In the lower center margin of first recto: αʹCatchwords:
none
Unit II:
Q2–1010.IVp.198 + Q11(IV+1p.191–192)p.198Signatures:
noneCatchwords:
noneCondition
Unit II:
On pp. 192–193, 197, part of the text has been crossed out and new pieces of paper been pasted over, probably to correct some scribal mistakes or duplications.Support
Endleaves
Watermarks: Front flyleaf watermarked with interlocking CC surmounted by crown; cf. H. Voorn, Danish and Norwegian Paper Mills and their Watermarks (Hilversum, 1959), type III. 1: 1647, ‘Royal Cipher CC addorsed and crowned upon patriarchal cross – unknown Danish paper mill’. Part of this symbol was subsumed in the more famous Orholm Fabrique watermarks, cf. Fiskaa, Letters no. 42.
The letters contained in this watermark, L D and in the countermark (?) Hb (with b within the H) on the back flyleaf are not found in any of the repertories.
Unit I
Unit II
Script
Unit I:
Michael Apostolis; cf. Vat. Urb. gr. 127.
Unit II:
pp. 21–43 The beta in this hand is small and self-contained (a ‘cuore’). pp. 43–192 The beta in this hand has a curved tail bent upwards. pp. 193–197 Antonios Damilas Single words by this hand are found also on pp. 80–81 and p. 90.Decorations
Unit I:
The scribe uses a dull reddish brown ink for his elaborate penflourished initials and numbers, as well as for enlarged dots used as dividers for the insertion of the addressee’s name.
Unit II:
No rubrication. Initials missing or added secondarily.
Additions
Endleaves
Unit I
Unit II
Binding
Parchment laced-case binding over pasteboard, sewn on four supports. Tail endband oversewn with green silk; head endband missing due to spine damage. Handwritten spine title and label. Warped.
Binding dimensions: 285 × 210 × 30 mm
Origin
Unit II:
Written in the latter half of the 15th or early 16th c., possibly in Crete , considering the scribes who contributed.Provenance
The codex has, according to its previous description in Linköping Diocesan Library, belonged to the following owners: Petrus Pantinus, Dean in Brussels; Andreas Schottus, Antwerp; Johannes Meursius; further Christina Queen of Sweden or Georg Georg Konrad von Törring Seefeld . It was brought to Sweden in 1658 .
Acquisition
Its last owner, before the volume was incorporated into the Linköping Diocesan Library collection in 1757, was Erik Benzelius the Younger.- Engeström (1735)
- Wolf (1738)
- Fant (1784) p. 103
- Foerster (1877) pp. 17–18
- Foerster (1903–1927) vol. 9 p. 113 p. 211 pp. 232–233
- Graux (1889) pp. 71–72